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The asteroid reached perihelion (its closest approach to the Sun) on 22 November 2024, and made a close approach to Earth on 25 December 2024, two days before its discovery. During this encounter, 2024 YR 4 passed 828,800 km (515,000 mi; 2.156 lunar distances ) from Earth and then 488,300 km (303,400 mi; 1.270 LD) from the Moon. [ 3 ]
The object orbits the Sun but makes slow close approaches to the Earth–Moon system. Between 29 September (19:54 UTC) and 25 November 2024 (16:43 UTC) (a period of 1 month and 27 days) [4] it passed just outside Earth's Hill sphere (roughly 0.01 AU [1.5 million km; 0.93 million mi]) at a low relative velocity (in the range 0.002 km/s (4.5 mph) – 0.439 km/s [980 mph]) and became temporarily ...
Earth is bidding farewell to a tiny asteroid that joined its orbit for nearly two months. The asteroid, known as 2024 PT5, is set to be drawn away from Earth by the powerful pull of the sun on Monday.
A large asteroid could pass close enough to Earth within the next decade that there's a chance it could strike the planet, according to NASA. The space rock, named 2024 YR4, is between 130 feet ...
An asteroid called 2020 CD3 was bound to Earth for several years before leaving the planet's orbit in 2020 and another called 2022 NX1 became a mini-moon of Earth in 1981 and 2022 and will return ...
The fastest asteroid to pass within 1 LD of Earth in 2024 was 2024 CH 4 that passed Earth with a velocity with respect to Earth of 24.01 km/s (53,700 mph), [4] while the slowest bypass within lunar distance was that of 2024 VO at a velocity with respect to Earth of 3.08 km/s (6,900 mph). [5]
What we know about 2024 YR4 and its chances of hitting Earth. Dubbed 2024 YR4, the asteroid was first spotted on December 27, 2024, by the El Sauce Observatory in Chile. Based on its brightness ...
It will resume its heliocentric orbit around the sun and exit Earth's orbit on Nov. 25. ... 56-day orbit, Asteroid 2024 PT5 will travel in a horseshoe-shaped trajectory before leaving Earth's ...